.bongbongmarcos winning Philippine election misinformation, say fact-checkers
Philippine social media has exploded with support for presidential election favorite Ferdinand Marcos Junior, driven by a massive misinformation campaign aimed at revamping the family brand and smearing his top rival.
But the effort to make over the family's image appears to be translating into votes among the largely young electorate and those nostalgic for the Marcos years. They said the trend was reminiscent of the flood of posts about Duterte and his opponents in 2016 that were seen as key to his win. Among the dozens of claims about the Marcoses debunked by AFP is the popular assertion that the patriarch made his fortune when he was a lawyer via a massive gold payment from a client.
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